MADDEN v. CITY OF IOWA CITY

No. 13-0673.

848 N.W.2d 40 (2014)

Beth A. MADDEN, Plaintiff, v. CITY OF IOWA CITY, Appellee, and State of Iowa, Appellant.

Supreme Court of Iowa.

June 13, 2014.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Thomas J. Miller , Attorney General, Anne E. Updegraff and Tyler M. Smith , Assistant Attorneys General, for appellant.

Eric R. Goers , Assistant City Attorney, Iowa City, for appellee.


APPEL, Justice.

A bicyclist was riding on the sidewalk abutting the grounds of the University of Iowa in Iowa City when she fell, sustaining an injury. The bicyclist filed a negligence action against the City for failure to maintain the sidewalk in a safe condition. The City moved to add the State of Iowa as a third-party defendant, arguing that it had by ordinance imposed a requirement on the abutting landowner to maintain the sidewalk and that the ordinance was...

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